Paride ed Elena / Gluck ; libretto, Ranieri de' Calzabigi.

Author/creator Gluck, Christoph Willibald composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationHamburg : Archiv Produktion, [2005]
Copyright Date℗2005
Description2 audio discs (147 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorCalzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795, librettist.
Other author/creatorGritton, Susan, performer.
Other author/creatorSampson, Carolyn, performer.
Other author/creatorWebster, Gillian, 1964- performer.
Other author/creatorKožená, Magdalena, performer.
Other author/creatorMcCreesh, Paul, conductor.
Other author/creatorGabrieli Consort & Players, performer.
Contents CD 1. Acts 1-3 (79:39) -- CD 2. Acts 4-5 ; Appendix: Scena ultima (published version) (66:40).
Contents Disc 1 (79:39). Overtura: Moderato con espressione, Allegro (4:10) -- Atto primo. "Non sdegnare" (Coro, Un Trojano) (2:30) -- "O del mio dolce ardor" (Paride) (3:10) -- Ballo (Andante) (1:03) -- "Dall'aurea sua stella" (Un Trojano) ; Ballo (Andante) (2:30) -- "Spiagge amate" (Paride, Un Trojano) (2:42) -- "Stranier, la mia Regina a te m'invia" (Amore, Paride) (4:52) -- "Ma, chi sei" (Paride, Amore) (2:50) -- "Felice te" (Amore) (1:29) -- "Nell'idea ch'ei volge" (Amore) (3:06) -- Ballo: (Allegro) (0:43) -- Ballo: (Andante) (1:13) -- Ballo: Maestoso (1:10) -- Ballo: Amabile moderato (2:30) -- Ballo: Allegro (1:13) -- Atto secondo. "Si presenti" (Elena, Amore) (1:47) -- "Regina!" (Paride, Elena, Amore) (6:44) -- "Forse più d'una beltà" (Elena, Paride, Amore) (4:21) -- "Tutto qui me sorprende" (Paride) (1:25) -- "Le belle immagini" (Paride) (4:36) -- Atto terzo. (Sinfonia:) Maestoso (0:31) -- "Prence, la tua presenza" (Elena, Paride, Amore) (1:27) -- "Dalla reggia rilucente scendi a noi" (Coro) (1:07) -- "Negli strali, nell'arco possente" (Solo e Coro) (1:15) -- (Ballo:) Aria per i Atleti, Spiritoso (1:55) -- "Non più" (Elena) (0:47) -- "Lodi al nume" (Coro) (0:53) -- "Per te, signor" (Elena, Paride, Amore) (2:15) -- "Quegli occhi belli" (Paride, Elena, Amore) (6:56) -- "Non più! Misero!" (Elena, Paride, Amore) (2:36) -- "Fingere più non so" (Paride, Elena) (5:49).
Contents Disc 2 (66:40). (Sinfonia:) Maestoso (0:44) -- Ballo: Chaconne, Gavotte, Chaconne (7:38) -- Atto quarto. "Temerario!" (Elena) (3:21) -- "Vengo, o Regina!" (Elena, Amore, Paride) (1:07) -- "Ah, lo veggo" (Elena, Paride, Amore) (1:37) -- "Non lontana" (Elena, Paride) (1:02) -- "Si, spietata" (Elena, Paride) (7:17) -- "Di te scordarmi, e vivere!" (Paride) (5:28) -- "Lo temei" (Elena) (1:12) -- "Lo portrò" (Elena) (3:38) -- Atto quinto. "Elena a me s'asconde!" (Amore, Elena) (4:13) -- "Donzelle semplici" (Elena) (2:09) -- "Consolati, o Regina" (Amore, Elena) (1:05) -- "Opportuno giungesti" (Amore, Elena, Paride) (2:44) -- "T'inganni, il tuo destino" (Pallade) (1:12) -- "Va coll'amata in seno" (Pallade e Coro) (2:38) -- "Che udii?" (Elena, Paride, Amore) (2:56) -- "Sempre a te sarò fedele" (Elena, Paride, Amore) (2:45) -- Scena ultima (revised version). Sinfonia: Andante (0:40) -- Sinfonia: Allegro (0:24) -- "Altri mai da ignota sponda" (Amore) (0:25) -- "Vieni al mar" (Coro) (1:12) -- "Presto fugge la beltà" (Amore) (1:14) -- "Sempre a te sarò fedele" (Paride, Elena) (0:45) -- "Vieni al mar" (Coro) (1:08) -- Appendix = Anhang = Appendice. Scena ultima (published version). Sinfonia: Andante (0:42) -- Sinfonia: Allegro (0:24) -- "Vieni al mar" (Coro) (1:12) -- "Altri mai da ignota sponda" (Amore) (0:26) -- "Vieni al mar" (Coro) (1:02) -- "Presto fugge la beltà" (Amore) (1:14) -- "Sempre a te sarò fedele" (Paride, Elena) (0:45) -- "Vieni al mar" (Coro) (1:10).
General noteDramma per musica in five acts.
General noteEdition recorded: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1954; revised by Paul McCreesh and Richard Campbell.
General noteCompact discs.
General note"The longer version as originally printed is included as an appendix."--Program notes, page 9.
General noteProgram notes by Nick Kimberley and Paul McCreesh, synopsis by Jeremy Hayes, and biographical notes on the performers, in English with French and German translations, and libretto with English, French, and German translations (159 pages : portraits) in container.
Performer Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson, Gillian Webster, sopranos ; Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano ; Gabrieli Consort & Players (on authentic instruments) ; Paul McCreesh, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded October 2003, All Saints' Church, London/Tooting.
LanguageSung in Italian.
LCCN 2006581767
UPC 028947754152
Publisher number00289 477 5415 Archiv Produktion
Publisher number00289 477 5416 Archiv Produktion
Publisher number00289 477 5417 Archiv Produktion

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